New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-06

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schemes to this aud doubtless to every other aroaa
oice" said Mr. Derew in conversation on the subject
tapt question and one on which all railroad
alert We are constantly making expeIiments 70 nnd
some plan by which can warm cars comfortably ana
at tue same time prevent or lessen materially the possi-
bitss OF setting Dire TO wrecked car IN case & o.
ces reach this end But there Isn't one which prac
tcable. In many there Ia perhaps single GOOD idea,
'S With Ws@ time
FROM oe mo
Now suppose In such car as that you run into snow
they build ramparis around the stoves But ihe.e are
protection for they won't withstand the shock OF
as Quickly as from another Everyhins like that
to pieces Such plans ar: av. o1sy
whIch was tank OF water When the car was 90 of
the Gre qusncbed but the scheme is complicated and
What OF the possibilities of using steamr"
cars, seine Of them wagner coaches. each OF which
and and for npp Seatins % TOO That is the serious obstacle
read doe. BSs we MAKE trains here at
second and before the train goes out OF the station
to have engine attached to waiting car or train
smIy to give heat And ANOTHER objection a 10 ,sa
will pick 'up additional cars at PoughGeepsis Albany
Utica 80 These cars ns nsSS SSe ae
train to accommodate passengers AMI save Time O,ten
they slcepers in which person. have gone 10 Dsd
early. They be kept and how IS tlat warmth
to be had from engine drawing train miles awayt
the baggage ear with special attendant his would
give heat plee trsiD but don't know tnat the
plan has put into kind OF SUCCESSFUL oper
alton. What must be devised is source or heat 1Or
each without the use OF hre. There will be money
for the who will put that idea into practice Colum
bns left several descendants have always heeSen ana
have doubt that The brain OF some embryo COMM
bus is at work developing the method or the ln'urs
for safety heating cars separate and IN rans We are
Wiling to cxsnlue everything that has any elements OF
value Our superintendent of motive rcver has studied
the problem sduOusy and has suggested the nest I'M
proven whicn have heen made so far III some one
Will only give TO the public the right tning yon may Do
sure that railroad will call him blessed and Will not
only give him bonedictions but appropriations CT the
golden kind"
THE VICTIMS OF OTHER TRAIN ACCIDENTS.
SPRINGFIELD Mass, Jan. 5.-A of the persons injured
in the railroad wreck at West Springfield station on the
Boston and Albany Railroad yesterday morning are COM
Portable today Charles S. Packard, who was thought
critical condition yesterday Is much better ana
Fireman andcrs who probably most seriously hurt
OF all, will probably recover
CHICAGO, jan "a dispatch to The Times from CHAT
tanooga Tenn, says: construction train on the Ala
bama Great Southern road wrecked yesterday morn
ing Engineer Dewes and Fireman Fowler were killed.
Tie engine struck cow left the rails and went down an
enbankmcnt."
SYRACUSE Jan. 5-Two freight trains were in collision
here on the New-York Central Railroad at to-day
Several cars were wrecked and locomotive was badly
damaged. The and engine thrown over an en-
bankmcnt The engineer ana fireman saved tncuiSeN eS
by ulnuinr. The loss is estimated at $4,000.